My lease on life

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 1 John 5:6

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

A blogger that I read (http://rameelinlarson.blogspot.com/) recently posted her thoughts on her faith and belief system and it really spoke to me. The past few days I've been able to reflect on my faith and what I believe and both these scriptures are so near and dear to my heart. Honestly, people think and ask what makes me so certain that He is real and worthy and how can I fully place my life into something not physically present and this is what I turn to. This is my rock, He is my rock. Without Him and his word, I am floundering in the darkness, my feet are not planted on the ground and I lose my way. I feel like I am drowning and cannot catch my breath sometimes. It's no secret that I have a ton on my mind and in my life and without his friendship and advice I would be a mental and physical mess. The devil tries and invades my thoughts and tries to make my life hectic and unfulfilled and I just have to push those thoughts away and remember He will not give me more than I can handle and He is always in my corner. He gave me free will and with that I choose to believe He guides my life-my path and that of my family.

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see Hebrews 11:1

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In other news, Jake is walking more and more now and it is the absolute cutest thing in the entire world. He is growing so fast. As is his hair which is why I've decided to bite the bullet and get him a haircut and chop those beautiful curls :( He and Daniel are also interacting a lot more and it is so cute to watch; it's like puppies playing. Jake even bites like one. Mr. Daniel continues to amaze us and a few weeks ago recited his entire alphabet to us. We're working on learning to read his name.

Memories

With all the business that Ryan and I have had in June, it has really felt like our family hasn't been whole in awhile. This post is to remind me of our special day today and of our reconnection of a family. Ryan worked from 10p-2a last night and I really thought he was going to sleep in longer than 8:45, but he came downstairs bright eyed. We had our day planned, grocery shopping and cleaning, but then he suggests going to get Jilly's cupcakes and La Pizza (both award winnng food and both we've never tried) and having a picnic with the boys. Needless to say, I jumped at that chance for some family bonding. We loaded up the boys, got our treats and relaxed as a family and it was so needed. In the midst of all the chaos and choring and working, we all got to spend some quality time together and it felt great. My boys are growing fast (too fast sometimes) and I really needed this kind of day.